TheGothicandMedievalAge1300-1500PortraitofGiovanniArnolfiniandWifeNationalGallery,LondonJanvanEycksettledinBrugesin1431,wherehebecametheleadingpainterofhisgenerationandfounderoftheBrugesSchool.HeandhiselderbrotherHubertarecreditedwiththeinventionofoilpainting.VanEyck’spaintinghaveastartlinglyfreshqualityaboutthem,notonlyinthedazzlinguseoflightandcolourbutalsointheirexpressionandrealism,whi...[
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TheGothicandMedievalAge1300-1500MadonnaandChild,(triptychdetail)c.1315NationalGallery,LondonWesternartbeginswithDucciodiBuoninsegna,wholearnedhiscraftfromstudyingtheilluminatedmanuscriptscreatedbyunknownByzantinelimners.Hisearlierrecordedwork,datingabout1278,wastodecoratethecasesinwhichthemunicipalrecordsofSiennawerestored.In1285hewascommissionedtopaintalargeMadonnaforthechurchofSantaMariaN...[
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CONTINENTS
Acontinentisanyofthesevenmainlandmassesoftheworld,namelyAfrica,Antarctica,Asia,AustraliaandOceania,Europe,NorthAmericaandSouthAmerica.Acontinent’sareaalsoincludesthesubmergedcontinentalshelfaroundtheedgeoftheexposedlandmass.
ContinentAreaPercentageoftotallandmassLowestpointbelowsealevelHighestelevationAfrica30293000sqkm20.2%LakeAssal,Djibouti-156mMtKilimanjaro,Tanzania5895mAn...[
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TheEarth
Age:4.6billionyears
DistancefromSun:150millionkm
Surfacearea:510069120sqkm
Landsurface(approximate):148millionsqkm/aprox29%oftotalarea
Watersurface(approximate):361.6millionsqkm/approx71%oftotalarea
Diameter(equator):12757km
Diameter(meridian):12714km
IceKingdom
Icepermanentlycoversapproximately10%ofthelandsurfaceoftheEarth,withthemajorityoftheicecove...[
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TheGothicandMedievalAge1300-1500
LamentationofChrist,c.1305
Scrovegni(Arena)Chapel,Poduo,Italy
OneofthefoundingfathersoftheRenaissance.Giottowasreveredbyearlycommentatorsasthegreatestartistsinceantiquity,anditisclearthathewasstillinfluencingpaintersmorethanacenturyafterhisdeath.HisgreatestachievementwastoridItalianartoftherepetitivestylisationsderivingfromByzantinepainting.Inthepr...[
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